Bat House Forum

[Terry Lobdell]

Here is a picture of a young big brown bat with a bat bug on his right wing. It is an orangish/brown color, oval shaped. The bat had a torn wing, so I took him to a local licensed bat rehabber. Unfortunately, the bones in his right wind were dead and she said the only thing she could do would be to euthanize him as he would never be able to fly again............On a happy note, I did get to see many of the bats she has rescued throughout 2008. She took me into her flight cage and we had 3 or 4 of her 15 big browns flying around us! She told me 90% of the calls she gets are for big browns and they are mostly pups.